Plasma cell granuloma of the thyroid.
A 70-year-old woman presented with signs of hypothyroidism and struma, which were produced by a massive polyclonal plasma cell infiltration, thereby fulfilling the established histologic criteria of plasma cell granuloma.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000032:analysis; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / Q000032:analysis; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*
D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains